Here's To You - Glorify/Criticize My Darlings
Did I catch recognition in your eyes also,
Even as I caught peace's drumbeat amid the crowd?
Surely, your smile flashed in our diamonds.
I screamed along with you
And I didn't sound that bad.
I tousled your hair
But never caught your hand.
My heart and blood whisper wisely,
I shall never catch your hand. Perhaps the rain cooled something.
My fever has changed in nature;
However, the pierce of infection remains.
Sweat from us all becomes steam -
Such a jealous transformation,
Such jostling ambiguity. On the edge, you are...
Colorado
You were my first impression, And it was quite an impression. Your energy swept me up, It has not ended, like Kansas. But I finally had to let you go. And when I actually looked nice enough, You vanished with an
All-too-brief embrace and an unfair rush. .
Prairie gave way to the Rocky Mountains. I basked in your shadow. Your lips are imprinted on my cheek, My tattoo. You may think of me as a child, But the smallest person can change The course of the future. I was the pebble that probably Caused your avalanche.
Though, you were dangerous to begin with.
I've got...
Glass Globe
George MacDonald is one of my favorite authors. I've been reading his book Phantastes every night before I go to sleep. A week or so ago, I stumbled across a certain passage (I've been meaning to post this for a while) that instantly and eerily reminded me of a Poem (
